Summary

This volume is designed as a companion to the standard undergraduate mythology textbooks or, when assigned alongside the central Greek and Roman works, as a source-based alternative to those textbooks.

In addition to the complete texts of the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod's Theogony, this collection provides generous selections from over 50 texts composed between the Archaic Age and the fourth century A.D. Ancient interpretation of myth is represented here in selections from the allegorists Heraclitus, Cornutus and Fulgentius, the rationalists Palaephatus and Diodorus of Sicily, and the philosophers and historians Plato, Herodotus and Thucydides. Appendices treat evidence from inscriptions, papyri and Linear B tablets and include a thematic index, a mythological dictionary, and genealogies. A thoughtful Introduction supports students working with the primary sources and the other resources offered here; an extensive note to instructors offers suggestions on how to incorporate this book into their courses.

Table of Contents

Acusilaus, fragments

p. 1

Aelian, Historical miscellany, excerpts

p. 2

Aeschylus, fragments

p. 5

Andron, fragment

p. 8

Antoninus liberalis, Collection of metamorphoses, selections

p. 9

Apollodorus, Library, excerpts

p. 17

Archilochus, fragments

p. 58

Arrian, Anabasis, excerpt

p. 59

Babrius, Fables, selections

p. 61

Bacchylides, selections

p. 63

Bion, Lament for Adonis

p. 73

Callimachus, Hymns, selections

p. 76

Cleanthes, Hymn to Zeus

p. 84

Conon, Stories, selections

p. 86

Cornutus, Compendium of the traditions of Greek theology, excerpts

p. 89

Critias, Sisyphos, fragment

p. 92

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical library, excerpts

p. 94

Eratosthenes, Constellation myths, selections

p. 102

Euripides, fragments

p. 107

Fulgentius, Myths, selections

p. 111

Hellanicus, fragments

p. 114

Heraclitus, Homeric problems, excerpts

p. 116

Herodorus, On Heracles, fragments

p. 121

Herodotus, Histories, excerpts

p. 123

Hesiod, excerpts

p. 129

Homeric hymns

p. 168

Horace, Odes, selections

p. 211

Hyginus, Stories, selections

p. 216

Longus, Daphnis and Chloe, excerpts

p. 277

Lucian, selections

p. 279

Lucretius, On the workings of the universe, excerpts

p. 298

Ovid, Heroides, selections

p. 306

Palaephatus, On unbelievable things, selections

p. 329

Parthenius, Sentimental love stories, selections

p. 340

Pausanias, Description of Greece, excerpts

p. 344

Phetecydes, The histories, fragments

p. 354

Pindar, Olympians, selection

p. 356

Plato, excerpts

p. 361

Plutarch, Life of Theseus, excerpt

p. 376

Proclus, summaries of the Cyclic epics

p. 378

Sallustius, On the gods and the cosmos, excerpt

p. 383

Sappho, fragment

p. 385

Semonides, fragment

p. 387

Simonides

p. 391

Sophocles, fragments

p. 392

Statius, Achilleid, excerpts

p. 395

Theocritus, Idylls

p. 399

Theophrastus, Characters

p. 402

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian war, excerpt

p. 404

Vergil, excerpts

p. 410

Xenophanes, fragments

p. 433

Xenophon, Memorabilia, excerpt

p. 435

Linear B sources

p. 439

Inscriptions

p. 455

Papyri

p. 469

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This volume is designed as a companion to the standard undergraduate mythology textbooks or, when assigned alongside the central Greek and Roman works, as a source-based alternative to those textbooks.

In addition to the complete texts of the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod's Theogony, this collection provides generous selections from over 50 texts composed between the Archaic Age and the fourth century A.D. Ancient interpretation of myth is represented here in selections from the allegorists Heraclitus, Cornutus and Fulgentius, the rationalists Palaephatus and Diodorus of Sicily, and the philosophers and historians Plato, Herodotus and Thucydides. Appendices treat evidence from inscriptions, papyri and Linear B tablets and include a thematic index, a mythological dictionary, and genealogies. A thoughtful Introduction supports students working with the primary sources and the other resources offered here; an extensive note to instructors offers suggestions on how to incorporate this book into their courses.

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Summary

This volume is designed as a companion to the standard undergraduate mythology textbooks or, when assigned alongside the central Greek and Roman works, as a source-based alternative to those textbooks.

In addition to the complete texts of the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod's Theogony, this collection provides generous selections from over 50 texts composed between the Archaic Age and the fourth century A.D. Ancient interpretation of myth is represented here in selections from the allegorists Heraclitus, Cornutus and Fulgentius, the rationalists Palaephatus and Diodorus of Sicily, and the philosophers and historians Plato, Herodotus and Thucydides. Appendices treat evidence from inscriptions, papyri and Linear B tablets and include a thematic index, a mythological dictionary, and genealogies. A thoughtful Introduction supports students working with the primary sources and the other resources offered here; an extensive note to instructors offers suggestions on how to incorporate this book into their courses.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acusilaus, fragments

p. 1

Aelian, Historical miscellany, excerpts

p. 2

Aeschylus, fragments

p. 5

Andron, fragment

p. 8

Antoninus liberalis, Collection of metamorphoses, selections

p. 9

Apollodorus, Library, excerpts

p. 17

Archilochus, fragments

p. 58

Arrian, Anabasis, excerpt

p. 59

Babrius, Fables, selections

p. 61

Bacchylides, selections

p. 63

Bion, Lament for Adonis

p. 73

Callimachus, Hymns, selections

p. 76

Cleanthes, Hymn to Zeus

p. 84

Conon, Stories, selections

p. 86

Cornutus, Compendium of the traditions of Greek theology, excerpts

p. 89

Critias, Sisyphos, fragment

p. 92

Diodorus of Sicily, Historical library, excerpts

p. 94

Eratosthenes, Constellation myths, selections

p. 102

Euripides, fragments

p. 107

Fulgentius, Myths, selections

p. 111

Hellanicus, fragments

p. 114

Heraclitus, Homeric problems, excerpts

p. 116

Herodorus, On Heracles, fragments

p. 121

Herodotus, Histories, excerpts

p. 123

Hesiod, excerpts

p. 129

Homeric hymns

p. 168

Horace, Odes, selections

p. 211

Hyginus, Stories, selections

p. 216

Longus, Daphnis and Chloe, excerpts

p. 277

Lucian, selections

p. 279

Lucretius, On the workings of the universe, excerpts

p. 298

Ovid, Heroides, selections

p. 306

Palaephatus, On unbelievable things, selections

p. 329

Parthenius, Sentimental love stories, selections

p. 340

Pausanias, Description of Greece, excerpts

p. 344

Phetecydes, The histories, fragments

p. 354

Pindar, Olympians, selection

p. 356

Plato, excerpts

p. 361

Plutarch, Life of Theseus, excerpt

p. 376

Proclus, summaries of the Cyclic epics

p. 378

Sallustius, On the gods and the cosmos, excerpt

p. 383

Sappho, fragment

p. 385

Semonides, fragment

p. 387

Simonides

p. 391

Sophocles, fragments

p. 392

Statius, Achilleid, excerpts

p. 395

Theocritus, Idylls

p. 399

Theophrastus, Characters

p. 402

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian war, excerpt

p. 404

Vergil, excerpts

p. 410

Xenophanes, fragments

p. 433

Xenophon, Memorabilia, excerpt

p. 435

Linear B sources

p. 439

Inscriptions

p. 455

Papyri

p. 469

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